List of named passenger trains of New Zealand

This article contains a list of named passenger trains in New Zealand.

Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints First Run Last Run
Bay Express New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Scenic Wellington - Napier 01989 1989 02001 2001
Blue Streak New Zealand Railways Department 1968: Auckland - Hamilton, 1968-72: Auckland - Wellington, 1972-77: Wellington - New Plymouth 01968 1968 01977 1977
Capital Connection New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Metro, Tranz Scenic Palmerston North - Wellington 01991 1991 present
Culverden Express New Zealand Railways Department Christchurch - Culverden (later Parnassus) 01886 1886 01945 1945?
Daylight Limited New Zealand Railways Department Wellington - Auckland 01925 1925 01963 1963
Endeavour New Zealand Railways Department Wellington - Napier (and for some years, Gisborne) 01972 1972 01989 1989
Geyserland Express New Zealand Rail, Tranz Scenic Auckland - Rotorua 01991 1991 02001 2001
Kaimai Express New Zealand Rail, Tranz Scenic Auckland - Tauranga 01991 1991 02001 2001
Kingston Flyer New Zealand Railways Department Gore and Invercargill - Kingston 01890 1890s 01957 1957
Lynx Express Tranz Scenic Picton - Christchurch 01994 1994 01995 1995
Napier Express New Zealand Railways Department Wellington - Napier 01891 1891 01954 1954
New Plymouth Express New Zealand Railways Department, Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Wellington - New Plymouth 01886 1886 01955 1955
New Plymouth Night Express New Zealand Railways Department Auckland - New Plymouth 01933 1933 01983 1983
Night Limited New Zealand Railways Department Wellington - Auckland 01924 1924 01971 1971
Northerner New Zealand Railways Department, Tranz Scenic Wellington - Auckland 01975 1975 02004 2004
Northland Express New Zealand Railways Department Auckland - Opua 01925 1925 01956 1956
Overlander New Zealand Rail, Tranz Scenic Wellington - Auckland 01991 1991 present
Picton Express New Zealand Railways Department Christchurch - Picton 01945 1945 01956 1956
Rotorua Express New Zealand Railways Department Auckland - Rotorua 01894 1894 01959 1959
Scenic Daylight New Zealand Railways Department Wellington - Auckland 01963 1963 01968 1968
Seasider Taieri Gorge Railway Dunedin - Palmerston present
Silver Fern New Zealand Railways Department Wellington - Auckland 01972 1972 01991 1991
Silver Star New Zealand Railways Department Wellington - Auckland 01971 1971 01979 1979
Southerner New Zealand Railways Department, Tranz Scenic Christchurch - Invercargill 01970 1970 02002 2002
South Island Limited New Zealand Railways Department Christchurch - Invercargill 01949 1949 01970 1970
Taieri Gorge Limited Taieri Gorge Railway Dunedin - Middlemarch or Pukerangi present
Taneatua Express New Zealand Railways Department Auckland - Taneatua 01929 1929 01959 1959
Thames Express New Zealand Railways Department Auckland - Thames 01908 1908 01928 1928
TranzAlpine New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Scenic Christchurch - Greymouth 01987 1987 present
TranzCoastal New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Scenic Christchurch - Picton 01988 1988 present
Waikato Connection Tranz Scenic Hamilton - Auckland 02000 2000 02001 2001
Wairarapa Connection New Zealand Railways Department, Tranz Metro Masterton - Wellington 01964 1964 present
Wairarapa Mail New Zealand Railways Department Wellington - Woodville 01909 1909 01948 1948